Surgery
Abbreviations
Symbols
Xs
Potpourri
100
The medical term for tying.
What is ligation?
100
A castrated male.
What is MC?
100
The symbol for greater than.
What is >?
100
The abbreviation for history.
What is hx?
100
The abbreviation for left eye.
What is OS?
200
The term for perforation
What is fenestration?
200
A spayed female.
What is FS?
200
A hash tag after a number indicates this.
What is pounds?
200
The abbreviation for surgery.
What is sx?
200
The abbreviation for both ears.
What is AU?
300
To irrigate tissues with fluid.
What is lavage?
300
Year.
What is yr?
300
The symbol for positive.
What is +?
300
The abbreviation for prescription.
What is Rx?
300
A disease that has a short duration and a rapid onset.
What is acute?
400
A post-mortem exam of an animal.
What is a necropsy?
400
An abbreviation for with.
What is w/ or c?
400
The symbol for increased.
What is an up arrow?
400
The abbreviation for fracture.
What is fx?
400
The term for the prediction of the outcome of a disease process.
What is prognosis?
500
A chemical agent that kills or prevents the growth of microorganisms on living tissue.
What is an antiseptic?
500
An abbreviated breed of cat.
What is DSH, DLH, DMH?
500
At or each.
What is @?
500
The abbreviation for the determination of the cause of a disease.
What is dx?
500
The letters SOAP stand for this.
What is subjective, objective, assessment, plan
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